The Texans lost because they couldn't stop Young and Chris Johnson from running, dropped too many passes and interceptions, committed foolish penalties ... and because Kris Brown couldn't connect on two 49-yard field goals.

I find it laughable — hysterical, actually — that so many fans fired off e-mails to my blog and called Sports Radio 610 to complain about Schaub and claim they'd rather have Young as their starting quarterback.

Young and the Titans won because they had a better kicker who connected from 50 and 53 yards. Brown made a 26-yard field goal but was wide left on his two misses.

Young didn't win Monday's game for the Titans. Kicker Rob Bironas did. Bironas owns Reliant Stadium. He's kicked 14 field goals, including two game-winners, in his last three games in Houston.

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Young was 12-of-22 for 116 yards and a touchdown. The way he's being praised nationally — primarily on ESPN — you'd think he threw for 400 yards and won a blowout.

Young played well enough to win. He didn't throw an interception. He lost a fumble. He wasn't sacked. His rating was 84.7.

Young did more damage with his legs than his arm, especially on third down. He ran 11 times for 73 yards.

When the pressure was on, Young led his team to the Texans' 35-yard line. From there, Bironas kicked his 53-yard, game-winning field goal.

When the pressure was on, Schaub led his team to the Titans' 31-yard line. With one second left, Brown was wide left.

So Schaub led his team closer than Young, but because Young had a better kicker some fans would rather have Young at quarterback.

Schaub was 25-of-39 for 305 yards and two touchdowns. He didn't throw an interception or lose a fumble. He was sacked four times. His rating was 105.2.

Schaub's running game is terrible. The Texans average 87.4 yards rushing, ranking 30th.

Young has Johnson, the league's leading rusher with 1,242 yards. The Titans average 168.4 yards rushing, best in the league.

If Young started every game for the Texans, do you think they'd be better than 5-5? If Schaub had started every game for the Titans, do you think they'd be 4-6?

Different strategies

Jeff Fisher wants Young to manage the game. Don't turn it over. Throw low-risk passes. Run for first downs. Take the field goal. Run to win.

Gary Kubiak wants Schaub to win the game. Schaub has to throw down the field. He throws a lot of high-risk passes over the middle. He throws for first downs. He takes field goals when necessary, like at the end of games.

Pass to win.

“We need to score some more points,” Kubiak said. “We played a clean game (no turnovers). We were good on third down (47 percent). We missed one try in the red zone.

“When your defense is holding people to 20 in this league, you ought to be winning some games.”

The Texans' reward for blowing the Tennessee game is to host undefeated Indianapolis. If they can't beat Young, how in the world can they expect to defeat Peyton Manning, who is 14-1 against them?

Bironas may own Reliant Stadium, but Manning — not Bob McNair — owns the Texans.

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